VisiCalc: The first killer app’s unveiling
Joho the Blog 2012-03-23
Summary:
VisiCalc was the first killer app. It became the reason people bought a personal computer. You can read a paper presented in 1979 by one of its creators, Bob Frankston, in which he explains what it does and why it’s better than learning BASIC. Yes, VisiCalc’s competitor was a programming language. (Here’s Bob reading part [...]